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General Meetings and Upcoming Events

Our Facebook page (Facebook.com/UAEMWestern) is the best place for up-to-date event details!

Access to Medicines Week

Transparency in biomedical Research & Development can save lives. Clinical trial transparency results from researchers publicly registering trial protocols and outcomes. Clinical trial transparency is key to accelerating medical progress, ensuring drug safety and efficacy, and improving access to essential medicines today. Universities guide a large portion of all clinical research done around the Canada, and it becomes increasingly important that each university abides by WHO clinical trial transparency regulations and more. These regulations state that universities should publish the results of their clinical trials within a year of completion of the trial.If our trial results are never posted what is the point of conducting them. Medicine can’t be evidence based if half of the evidence is missing. On average, 54.2% of all clinical trials don’t have their results posted. We are trying to change this statistic, starting with the clinical trials conducted here at Western.Western conducts lots of clinical trials, especially concerning diabetes, however many of the results from these studies are never posted. Please sign on below and help to urge Western to change this narrative and start being transparent with our clinical trials. Let’s work together to make Western accountable!

The way we make medicines is failing people and failing to address the health needs of society today. In order to achieve sustainable change, we need to change norms and practices at a very high, overarching level. How do we approach systemic problems? How do we strategically plan campaigns? We'll walk through all of this together at the innovation forum! Learn and brainstorm together on what we can do as students to address the gaps in innovation. We are open to any questions you have about the innovation committee. FREE FOOD will be provided!

Agenda for the night:-Brief intro into Antimicrobial resistance-Think tank: breaking into small group discussions to analyze different aspects of the problem and brainstorming solutions-FOOD break-Q&A about the innovation committee and what we do to engage students on our campus

​​You are invited to one of the most anticipated global health experiences of the semester!

Together with Partners in Health and HOSA Western, we are bringing you 2 highly experiences speakers, Dr. Arlene MacDougall and Dr. Lawrence Loh to teach you conceptual ideas, real-life examples, and give you practical advice related to your field of interest.

You will mingle with others to incubate your ideas and be recognized for your work.

And of course, no evening would be complete without dinner!

The event is happening Wednesday, March 15th 2017, from 6-8pm in B&GS 153.

2015-2016

Come join us for a lively night of discussion on the issues of neglected diseases and the ever-growing problem of multiresistant bacteria with renowned researchers Dr. Kang and Dr. Heinrichs!

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​Are you passionate about social justice? Do you think it's wrong that millions of people are disproportionately being denied access to life-saving medical technologies that are readily available in developed nations?

We will be holding our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, October 7 from 6-8pm in NS 7. We will be introducing our club, our current exec, available exec positions, and other ways to get involved!

We will be holding our February general meeting on Thursday, February 12 from 6pm - 8pm in UCC 58.

We are proud to be joined by two guest speakers!

Dr. Anthony Skelton, an ethics professor, will be speaking on he social and moral obligations to the poor.

With a background in emerging markets and innovation, Dr. Niels Billou, will be discussing an article he wrote entitled "Serving the world's poor: Innovation at the base of the economic pyramid".

This GM is open to everyone, so please bring your friends who might in interested in this unique perspective on access to essential medicines.

Our next general meeting is Wednesday, November 19 at 7pm in SSC 3026.

The Access Committee is excited to announce that our guest speaker Professor Trosow will be speaking to us about one of his publications called "Technology Transfer and Innovation Policy at Canadian Universities: Opportunities and Social Costs" at this meeting.

This event is open to everyone, including non-members, so please feel free to invite friends who might be interested in the this unique opportunity to learn about the policies underlying the access to medicines cause!

All of our general meetings are open to the public. Please check the main page for an up-to- date calendar. Everyone is welcome – we would love to see you there! Contact us at uaem.western@gmail.com if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.

2014-2015

Hello Western Students!

Have you heard of the TPP? Ever wondered what is happening in the world
that might have an impact on us as well? Ever wondered how this trade
agreement called the TPP will make our lives harder? Or are you just a
keener that likes to learn about things that affect the world (which
includes us)?

UAEM Western,
Western Amnesty Club, and MSF Western brings you the ultimate
information session on the TPP (trade agreement being discussed by 12
Asia Pacific countries including Canada that limits our access to basic
medication) in the form of a booth over two days in the UCC atrium along
with interactive actives, plus, a professor panel with Q&A.

The booth will be set up on both March 10th and March 11th in the UCC
basement, and the professor panel will take place in room (TBD) from
7.00pm to 9.00 pm on Wednesday March 11th.

The professor panel
includes professors from the Faculty of Law, Political Science, and office of Global Health. We have Dr.
Dan Bousfield, Samuel Trosow, and Chi Carmody talking about various
topics including information on the wiki leak document of the TPP and
the world trade organizations intellectual right.

Come out, learn and ask away!

"Our drugs, our labs, our responsibility" - UAEM

Our collaborative movie screening event of "Fire in the Blood" with Friends of MSF (Doctors Without Borders)
Check out the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVf2UUu_w4o

October General Meeting: October 23rd, 2014September General Meeting: September 25th, 2014.